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Organ Pipes & Resonance Tube

A pipe open at both ends has a frequency ff in air. The pipe is dipped vertically in water, so that its (1/3)(1/3) part of its length is in water. The fundamental frequency of the air column is now xfxf, the value of xx is

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Answer: (b)

  1. In air (open pipe): f=v2Lf=\frac{v}{2L}.
  2. With 13\frac{1}{3} in water it becomes a closed pipe of length 2L3\frac{2L}{3}: f′=v4⋅2L3=3v8Lf'=\frac{v}{4\cdot\frac{2L}{3}}=\frac{3v}{8L}.
  3. f′=34ff'=\frac{3}{4}f, so x=34x=\frac{3}{4}: answer (b).
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